Interstride trunk acceleration variability but not step width variability can differentiate between fit and frail older adults

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Moe Nilssen, Rolf ^a   Helbostad, Jorunn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Gait; Locomotion; Step width; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY; BODY HEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; THORAX;

EID: 19644374440     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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